Compared with semi-automatic rifles that can enhance the light firepower of infantry, these six big guys can completely upgrade the heavy firepower of the Four Lines Regiment.
That's a six-door 16-year-old 150-caliber heavy mortar made in the Liao Dynasty!
The barrel length is 1950 mm (l12.8), the actual caliber is 152, the high and low firing range is 45 degrees to 75 degrees, the direction firing range is 13 degrees, the bullet weight: No. 6/8 grenade 19/23 kg, the muzzle velocity is 210m/s; the maximum range:
3340m (No. 8 grenade), the gun body weighs 178kg; the tripod weighs 62.5kg; the seat plate weighs 68kg, and the total weight in the row is 310kg; the total weight in the row is 508kg.
Regardless of its only 3,300-meter range, the 23-kilogram shell of this mortar is comparable to the 105 howitzer.
In fact, in the late period of the Central Plains War, it was precisely because the Northeast Army had a large number of 150-caliber heavy mortars that the anti-Soviet coalition quickly collapsed after the Northeast Army left the border.
In fact, its firepower was the highest in the Chinese army's heavy firepower at that time. Although its range was short, even the bunker couldn't withstand a single shot, let alone flesh and blood.
Perhaps this kind of gun cannot compete with the Japanese 105 howitzer and other heavy artillery due to range issues, and cannot suppress the Japanese artillery group, but it is more than enough to support frontline infantry, and it is even easier to attack heavy machine gun positions, except for permanent fortifications.
, any other fortifications are useless in front of its 23 kilograms of heavy artillery shells, it is an absolute weapon for protecting infantry.
Moreover, this 16-year-old heavy mortar evolved from the 11-year-old 150 heavy mortar made in Liaoning. In order to enhance its mobility, a gun carriage and an ammunition cart that can hold 10 rounds of artillery shells are added. Two or three horses
The draft horse can drag the cannon and the cannonballs while marching.
For such a heavy artillery, an artillery squad of 20 people is enough, which is about the same as the number of people required for an 82-caliber mortar.
Even the Japanese Kwantung Army was delighted when it seized this cannon from the Northeastern Army camp after the September 18th Incident. It used this cannon extensively in the battle between Nomenkan and the polar bears, causing great losses to the polar bears that had entered the mechanization stage.
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Tang Dao believed that Dahai would like it if he kept growing fat one after another. However, just don't get excited and get started, that fat body would be too good for you.
"Thank you, Brother Gu! In the future, if the 662 regiment has something to ask for, no matter how far the mountains and rivers are, the Four Elements Regiment will help you!" Tang Dao held the hand of the army colonel in front of him and made a solemn promise.
After all, the 49th Army is different from the 67th Army with whom Tang Dao had a life-long friendship.
The 67th Army and the Four Lines Regiment not only relied on each other on the battlefield, but also you and I. At least one-third of the backbone of the Four Lines Regiment came from the 67th Army. The two armies seemed to be separated.
They belong to different systems, but regardless of the degree of closeness or actual connection, the two armies share weal and woe, and both prosper and suffer.
The 49th Army is just a friendly force of the 67th Army. Faced with the favors offered by others, if Tang Dao just thanked Comrade Wu and accepted it, it would make others feel that it was not worth it.
Faced with Tang Dao's solemn promise, Gu Huize smiled slightly and did not refuse to accept the order.
He had followed his military commander for a long time and knew what he was thinking. These six 150-weight mortars that were not in the weapons list were his investment in Tang Dao and Si Xing Tuan. If there were any unexpected gains,
Of course, it was an unexpected surprise. If not, the Northeast Army, which is still a big business, could not afford to waste these six cannons.
But in fact, Gu Huize didn't know that there were other twists and turns in this. If he hadn't seen that Wu Dajun, who was only below him, valued Tang Dao far more than he imagined, he would have basically secured his position as the first brother of the Northeast Army.
Liu Junzuo would not randomly invest in a small infantry regiment with six 150-meter heavy artillery pieces.
The weapons in this luxurious secret arsenal of the Northeast Army can equip 8 infantry divisions, but they are mainly light firearms. For example, the total number of 150-weight mortars is only 48, which is not so easy to send.
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That was also the attitude that the first brother of the Northeast Army expressed to Comrade Lao Wu before the war: Our Northeast Army is one, and I not only fulfilled your request for you, but even exceeded the quota.
As for giving Tang Dao a favor, that's just a casual matter.
At least at the current stage, an infantry regiment with a strength of no more than 2,000 people is not enough for a big boss who can be promoted to a second-level general in the future to be used as a backhand and pawn in the overall situation he has laid out.
In the big shot's game, if you want to be a chess piece, you must also be qualified to be a chess piece.
But neither Gu Huize nor Liu Junzuo, who made the decision to send the artillery and then put it in the back of his mind, may not have thought that these six artillery pieces would be given to him by the 49th Army in exchange for a huge favor.
In the time and space of the past, the 49th Army, a powerful force in the Northeastern Army, encountered Japanese poison gas warfare in the Battle of Shanggao two years later.
There were no further results in the Japanese war, and Liu Junzuo was even more responsible for this and was transferred out by the supreme commander using this as an excuse.
Although the designation of the 49th Army has not been revoked, it exists in name only, which is almost equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army.
Tang Dao naturally knew this period of history. Not only did he want to repay this favor, but he also didn't want to watch this powerful army disappear under the wheel of history.
Moreover, Tang Dao believed that given two years, he would have enough financial resources to repay this great favor.
The reason why the Japanese are willing to risk the world's disgrace and frequently use poison gas is simply to bully the Chinese army, which has limited funds and has to count bullets, let alone equip gas masks.
With these six cannons, Tang Dao and Gu Huize were already on good terms, and now the atmosphere became more harmonious.
Tang Dao originally didn't want to increase the transportation capacity of the Four Infantry Regiment to the limit, which would slow down the marching speed. But when he saw that the wealthy Northeast Army was here, he naturally had to bite his back teeth and receive equipment from one infantry regiment into two.
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After the whole group is reunited, everyone changes into their costumes.
The rifles and machine guns currently equipped by the Si Xing Regiment are all kinds of rifles and machine guns for various reasons. Type 38, medium and formal, and made in Hanyang. The bullets of the three rifles are not universal. In the Guangde War, all types of rifles were used.
The ammunition inventory consumed seventy-seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars.
It just so happened that taking this opportunity to change the equipment and unify the standard also reduced the difficulty of military logistics.
As for Gu Huize's request for Tang Dao, it didn't matter. The military order from the military headquarters was to give him as much as the Four Lines Regiment could transport. Anyway, the war was imminent. If the weapons were not distributed, it would only be an advantage to the Japanese.
The equipment of the two reorganized infantry regiments not only squeezed the transport capacity of the baggage company to the limit, a large vehicle almost carried nearly a ton of equipment, and the pack horses carried nearly a hundred kilograms, and the baggage recruits also experienced this.
The military pay of 10 yuan a month is not that easy to earn.
Even the thinnest soldier carried four rifles and six grenades on his back.
But they have no right to complain. Not to mention the guards and cavalry companies, the elites of the Four Lines Regiment, whose bodies and horses are covered with weapons. Even Tang Tuanzuo, Deputy Gong Tuan, and Chief of Staff Zhuang are carrying more than 30 heavy loads.
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That night, after entertaining the three school-level officers of the Fourth Army Regiment for dinner, Gu Huize only slept for four hours because the Fourth Army Regiment had already received and loaded all the equipment and was about to set off, so he washed his face in a hurry
Rushing to Zhuangkou to see off Tang Dao and his party, what they saw was the colonel and two lieutenant colonels who were carrying five rifles and had grenades on their waists.
That was probably the commander who looked most like a transport corps that Gu Huize had ever seen in his life, but maybe that was also the commander who made Gu Huize's throat tremble for a while without saying a word.
"Brother Gu! See you on the battlefield tomorrow!" Tang Dao smiled and saluted his colleagues who hurriedly came to say goodbye without saying a word, and then turned around and left with his horse carrying two shell boxes.
In order to accommodate the equipment of these two infantry regiments, the entire army of the four regiments below him became transport troops, and the war horses were no exception. The elite cavalry companies also became grooms leading the horses.
Watching the huge convoy and personnel of the Four Elements Regiment disappear in front of his eyes from a distance, Gu Huize, who had not spoken for a long time, finally sighed: "The strength of the Four Elements Regiment is not the so-called shooting skills! It is the strength of cohesion.
How can the soldiers not die for such a group of officers who are willing to be treated the same as soldiers? This is what the so-called officers and soldiers are integrated, right?"
The eyes of the officers standing beside the army colonel flashed, but no one spoke.
Because they know that even if the regimental commander in front of them can do this, they can't do it. If they work hard to become an official, but they still have to be treated the same as the soldiers, then what else do they have to work so hard for? To become an official,
Isn’t it just to enjoy better treatment than others!
Not only these officers who have been in the old army for a long time know it in their hearts, but Gu Huize, who is sighing, also knows that the integration of officers and soldiers is simple to say, but it is just a mirror in practice. No one is willing to give up what he has gained for these four words.
Not to mention that he, a small regiment leader, cannot change all this, not even his military commander can.
Under the guidance of the stubborn idea of "officer-oriented", the cohesion that generals and schools dream of, such as the integration of officers and soldiers, can only be a dream after all.
Perhaps only the army in the Anti-Japanese War had achieved this. Those great people were extremely pure for their "crazy" ideals.
However, power is like an addictive poison. Once you taste it, you can't get rid of it. Some people eventually forget their original intention.
